Lawn mower



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W. T. COFFLAND Filed March 12, 1925 Wim T. caff/and VPatented lVIay `.4, 1926, y I v, v I

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'Tor 'all c'oYz-Om, if mrtg/'tendrement -'Be it known' that 'WILLIAM T; "CorFLAND, ia citizen fofithe United Statesgresiding at Vinton, in the coun-ty of Benton vand State of Iowa, has inventedcertai-n new and useful Improvements fin Lawn Mowers, of which the following isa specification, reference bevhad therein to the accompanying drawlhis invention relatesgto-certain new and useful improvements in'lawn mowers.

t 'The purpose'ofthe invention is to provide a 'lawn mower :having a .reeljwhich' is reversi- 'ble to present either sideof' the reel 2blade'to 'the stationary'cutter. ,y

' A' further feature 'of' the invention resides in the provision .of novel .means for reversibly 'mounting the Vreel so that when Vthe outting edge at one side of the reel blades vbecomes wornoinrounded fromrfcontinuoususe the blades" may be reversed end for end to present opposite sides of the cutting edges to the stationary cutter.

Other purposes and advantages of the invention, as well as the characteristic features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts will be more readily understood from the following brief description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure lois a top plan view of a lawn mower constructed in accordancey with my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view through the structure shown in Figure 1, with certain parts of the frame omitted.

Figurer 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure i is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing a modification.

Figure is a fragmentary sectional view' taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

In these drawings, 5 designates the usual frame carrying the roller 6 and the stationary cutter 7 The arms 8 of the frame terminate in bearings 9 through which extend the axles 10 of the ground or traction wheels 11, said axles and wheels being pinned together as indicated at 12. The inner ends of the axles 10 are provided with sockets 13 in which are received the ends of the reel shaft hereinafter referred to and provided with'c-ross pins 14 adapted to enter recesses in the ends of the reel shaft to form a drive connection between said shaft and the axles.

The reel shaft previously referred to is preferably made in two sections, 15 and 16,

`formed attheouterendswith notches'lji en-` pins' 14 asshown ,to advan- At* its `inner Lend; section v15 is provided with the sleevelSginwhichzis rsl'idab'ly received' the 'correspondingjend of section l'whereby the two sections 'may l'be moved relatively to onefanotherntoincrease `or Vdecrease"the v`totali length* of 'the shaft.

,vision of the handle :pins-19. Thereellheads @shaftfsections 15 and-"lG-inthe extended por grounding'- theshaft-sections f and "adapted to y t result that in the case of the ordinary lawn mower the reel blades must be resha-rpened. My invention, however, enables the reel to be removed and reversed end for end so that the opposite sides or corner portions 24a may be presented tothe stationary cutter as the wearing action of each reel blade, ldue to its cooperation with the stationary cutter, is confined mainly to the side of the blade which is presented to the cutter.

With reference to the form of invention disclosed in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, I desire it to be understood that the reel shaft bearings have been shown as carried by the axles of the wheels 11 merely for simplicity of illustration as in conformity with prevailing practice such bearings will be K is then secured in position by means of annuthe slots. In practice, the slotted portions of the heads are slipped over shaft 27 until the latter rests in the bearing 30 and the reel lar collars 31 encircling the hubs 30 and Acarrying jam screws 32 which are screwed into binding engagement with the shaft 27 as shown in Figure 4. Then it is desired to reverse the reel, the screws 32 are loosened and the collars 3l slipped inwardly beyond the bearing 30 thereby enabling the reel to be removed from shaft 27, reversed and reapplied to` the shaft subsequent to which the collars 31 are again slipped over the bearings and the screws` 32 brought in to binding engagement with the shaft. V'

While in the foregoing certain elements have been described as best adapted to perform the functions required of them it will be apparent that the use of such elements is not mandatory as various changes in the construction, arrangement and cooperation of the parts may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the splrit of the invention.

f cutting reel and What I claim as my invention isi In a lawn mower, the combination with the stationary cutter, of a removable rotary means for mountingV said reel arranged to permit the reel to be reversedl end for end so as to presenteither side of the cutting edges of the 'reel blade for cooperation with said stationary cutter, said means including the usual reel shaft eX- tending between and driven by the usual ground wheels, said shaft being received in slots formed in the heads of thereel and extending from the periphery to the central portions ofv said heads, slotted hubs projecting inwardly from the heads at the inner ends` of said slots, the slots in said hubs being in line with the slots in said heads7 a displaceable ring fitted on each of said hubs and closing the screw carried by each ofsaid rings and engaging said shaft, the arrangement being such that on loosening the j am screws and moving the rings inwardly beyond said hubs the reel may be freely removed from the shaft.

slot therein and a )am In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

WILLIAM Tj ooFrLAND. 

